The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-12
The Auction.


crowd began to gather on the streets
and massed around the Coolidge and
Fifth avenue hotels, attracted by the
playing of the Kansas City band at the
latter place and the Emporia band at
the former. At 10 O'Clock the process
sion formed at the Hotel Coolidge and
lead by the Emporia band proceeded
down Merchants street. At Fifth ave-
nue. they were joined by the Kansas
City band. The procession then head
ed south to Fourth avenue, thence east
to Commercial street, thence north on
Commercial street to the Normal. So
long was the procession that there
were over three hundred conveyances
in line of march, including bussess,
wagons, hacks, excursion cars and pri-
Vate rigs.
In length the procession was nearly
a mile long. The tail end had not left
Fourth avenue by the time the head
had turned west on Twelfth avenue at
the Normal.
The first plat of land auctioned off is
just north of the Normal school on
Merchants street. This tract of land
has been surveyed off into fifty foot
lots. George W. Clark, the Kansas
City boomer, opened the auction by a
short speech, in which he assured
those present that they were morally
certain to wear diamonds soon if they
put their money in Emporia real es-
tate. ''Now, what am offered per
front foot for these lots, commencing
with lot one." The first bid was SIS per
front foot. This quickly rose to $3.50,
and two lots of fifty feet each were
knocked down to Major Hood at that
figure.
The sale commenced at IL o'clock a.
M, and up to noon Zone hour the fol-
lowing were made, besides innumeraI
BILE side transactions which we were
unable to obtain:
Major Hood of Emporia, six lots,
81, 675.
II. c. Cross of Emporia, six lots,
S3,775.
Mrs. Sherwood of Kansas City, two
lots. $3.50.
Wilson Smith of Emporia, one lot,
SSUO.
Geo. Lynn of Kansas City, one lot,
1876.
E. C. Fuller of EmpOria, two lots,
81 $50.
L. NJ. Carter of Emporia, one lot,
$3.50.
Captain Taylor of Hartford, three
lots, g., $50.
c. A. Targuis of Kansas City, two
lots, 81, 800.
John Masterson of Emporia, three
lots, - IT'S.
d: s. Haynes of Kansas City, one
w. b. Brewer of Emporia, two lots,
81 ,250.
David Taylor of Emporia, two lots,
$40.
W. J. Jones of Emporia, one lot
$3.50.
J. A. Arnold of Kansas City, one lot
$50.
j. C. Jones of Emporia, two lots,
$500.
Ed. Beecher of Emporia, one lot
1915.
Mrs. NJ. E. Dunn of Kansas City, one
lot, $lSS.50.
The one hours auction sales alone
footed up considerably over twenty-ont
Thousand dollars, and was thought *
be good starter, which promises ever
better in future, as it was notorious
that all of the sales made were bar
l gains for the purchasers.
This afternoon the auction sales wer'
resumed, but we were unable to Obtain
1 reliable reports of transactions in tim
for this evenings edition.
LATER.
Among the afternoon sales were:
The Lewis lot on Commercial, be
tween Fifth and Sixth, to VIII. Put
fer OF Emporia, for $S,6T5.
Lot 20, corner of Merchants and FIT
avenue, 5Oxs5, to Maj. C. Hood, 70
q, 900.
Lots 40 and - corner of Merchant
street and Third avenue, $3.50 pc
, foot, to J. A. frost of Kansas City.
Lot 116 Commercial street 81 300,
: Stacy Rankin of Kansas City.
oL Lot 80 Commercial, to R. p. Cowlin
r lof Kansas City, for sl17.5 per foot.